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funny story; and yes, you're
salesman; nope, you re wrong it wasn t that story. The gentle
man alluded to, standing at the right in the picture above, is C.
J. Holway, Centralia Glove company representative, who has
been making this territory for 25 years. His one-man audience is
Norman Wicks, salesman in the men's work clothing department
at J. C. Penney's. After the funny story mentioned had been
digested, the subjects of glove costs and price stabilixation were
brought up and there wasn't a smile in the house.
Congress Draws Rap
Labor Leaders Denounce
Defense Production Act
As Betrayal Of People
WASHINGTON (AP) The heads of the AFL and
the CIO each asserted today that Congress is to blame
for the mobilization squabble because it enacted a weak
defense production act.
AFL President William Green, addressing a conference
of CIO, AFL, machinists and rail union officials at a precedent-making
nationwide rally, said Congress had "failed
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In Washington the other night,
William J. Donovan (who in the
last war headed our Office of Stra
tegic Services, which was our super-spy
outfit) asserted that the
Russian people can be America's
greatest ally in preventing Soviet
leaders from starling another war.
He added:
"No dictator dare move if un
certain of his safety at home. Our
greatest ally, therefore, is t h e
Russian people . . . Today, the
way to prevent a war is to put
asiile our own fears and CRE
ATE FEAR in the mind of the en
emy." Donovan's idea is to create fear
in the mind of the enemy by PUT
TING REVOLT into the minds of
the Russian people.
Keep your fingers crossed. Don't
get excited. Above all else, don't
jump to the conclusion that the
Russians and their stooge3 will up
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'SHOVEL THIEF' RAPPED
SPOKANE UP) Spokane's
"shovel burglar," a janitor who
told police he stole for thrills and
admitted 244 burglaries, was sen
tenced to not more than 15 years
in the state penitentiary. Dean
Stanley Woods, 50. took the sen
tence with a smile. The parole
hoard will fix the actual time he
will serve.
Costello Still Defiant
Refuses To Tell Probers
His Net Worth,Says He's
Now Promoting Broilers
NEW YORK (AP) Underworld boss Frank Cos
tello today defied senate crime investigators for the fourth
time in their efforts to find out his net worth. He said
he wouldn't answer the question.
With the same sullen stubbornness he has displayed
when the matter came up previously, Costello said the
committee was asking for information it had no right to.
"I refused before," Costello said. "I'm not going to
answer that question.
The gambler, labeled by the
. committee as head of a national
f crime syndicate, pictured himself
to the committee as one now en
gaged in purely legitimate busi
ness. And he said he wasn't going to
talk about what assets he has.
Costello pictured himself as a
promoter of jet broilers for the
benefit of housewives with small
apartments.
He conceded before the senate
crime committee the fot broiler
business hadn't taken up much of
, his time so far.
"It's in its infancy," he said. "It's
just started." a o
The broiler was described as an
r infra red broiler for use in anarl-
mettt houses, but Costello said he
didn't understand its mechanical'
details -J
y Sen. Charles Tobey said Costel-
lo'A-v-efusal to answer "makes us
suspicious and I don't want to be
suspicious."
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correct again he is a traveling
the people.
In adopting the defense produc
tion act last year, Green said in
a prepared speech, ."Congress
went out of its way to lard the law
with special privilege for business
interests. Under that law, which
expires on June 30, it is virtually
impossible to stabilize the cost of
living.
"In deference to the real estate
lobby, Congress acted to decontrol
rents. In obedience to the financial
interests of the nation, it adopted
tax laws that soak the poor and
spare the rich.
"Second, the administration be
came intimidated by the reaction
ary coalition that rules the roost
in Congress. Apparently, it decided
to appease Congress in order to
get some cooperation from Con
gress. "This policy of appeasement. . .
resulted in the appointment of big
business executives to almost
every significant position in d e
fense agencies.
All Labor Plant Rejected
"The results speak for them
selves. Not a single recommen
dation by labor representatives in
the defense program was adopted.
Our views were either ignored, or
the exact opposite of our proposals
was put into effect
"We decided, therefore, to take
a dramatic step. We voted unani
mously for the withdrawal o f
labor representatives from any de
fense agencies in which they were
serving. We felt that this was the
only way we could effectively im
press upon the American people
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"The world can't think well of a
man who covers up," he added.
Wealth His Own Affair
Costello had disclosed he has
around $150,000 in cash in his home
safe and in two bank accounts, but
beyond that, he contended his
holdings are his own affair.
"Do you have a safe deposit box
anywhere else other than in your
home?" asked committee counsel
Rudolph Halley.
Costello stared at the celing mo
mentarily, then he said in
hoarse, thin voice: "No."
Costello' attorney, George Wolf,
has contended that his client is
constitutionally entitled to with-
bold data about his wealth. The
committee has asked lor a legal
Dnel on tnis claim
It says the brief will figure in its
recommends tionQo the Senate to
cite the witness for contempt of
Congress. 1T1
Established 1872
Strike
Entire Nation
Facing Threat
Of Hardships
Government Top Target
Of Stoppages, Backing
Wage Increase Demands
PARIS UP) A mounting
strike wave rolled through France
today, threatening to affect almost
everyone in the nation. A near
general railway walkout appeared
the most alarming immediate pos
sibility. i'remier gueuille warned tnai
the strikes, all pressing wage in
crease demands, "may develop
into a veritable attempt on the
life of the country.
Most of the stoppages were
aimed directly at the government,
by far France's biggest employer.
Unions of all political alignments
were taking part, reflecting wide
spread discontent with rapidly ris
ing prices and the cabinet's
hesitancy to raise wages.
The Communist-controlled gen
eral federation of labor (CGT),
leader in many strikes of a polit
ical nature in the past, was again
involved but was not always the
leader.
Premier's Appeal Futile
The strike actions defied a broad
cast appeal by Queuille to stay
on the job. The government de
cided to requisition key workers
in the gas and electric industries
a sort of civilian draft authorzed
when the country's economic life
is endangered. It has been applied
in individual cases in the past, but
is a highly unpopular precedure
in France and is used sparingly.
Delegations from non-Communist
railroad unions met today with
Antoine Pinay, minister of public
works. Leaving the meeting, union
leaders said they had received no
satisfaction and added:, "We de
cline any responsibility for the
turn of events."
Miners Granted Increases
One bright spot in the strike pic
ture was an agreement making
available 12.000,000,000 francs
($34,000,000,000) for raises to coal
miners. Non-Communist unions
accepted the principle of this move
and promised to hold off any
strike.
Queuille took another positive
move yesterday. He summoned the
government council controlling the
minimum wage scale to meet
Thursday. An increase in the min
imum wage level might slow or
halt the strikes.
Government sources said about
40,000 Parisian workers were strik
ing on the transport system, on
suburban trains and in public util
ities. No estimate was available
of the number elsewhere in the
country.
Chinese Commies
Still In Retreat
TOKYO (P) Chinese Red
forces were reported withdrawing
today from their last footholds on
the once hotly-contested central
front of South Korea.
Allied patrols may have reached
or crossed the border into Red Ko
rea. Field dispatches said the Reds
apparently have abandoned
Chunchon, main Chinese supply
base south of parallel 38. Chun
chon, 8Vi miles south of the border,
was the funnel through which the
Chinese poured into South Korea
last January.
On the cast coast, South Ko
rean troops were within 8Vf miles
of 38. Other United Nations units
across the peninsula were only a
few miles farther south of the
border.
Filth air force fighters Wednesday
littered the northwestern corner of
North Korea with wrecked and
burned transport.
Seven locomotives, 100 railroad
cars and a number of vehicles
were hit in strikes reported before
noon.
On the propaganda front, Red
Korean Premier Kim II Sung as
sured Russia's Stalin that his peo
ple intend to fight the war to the
bitter end.
The Communist new China news
agency said Kim sent this word to
Stalin March 17 to mark the sec
ond anniversary of the economic
and cultural mutual assistance pact
between Russia and North Korea.
The Weather
Showers today, becoming partly
cloudy with scattered showers to
night and Thursday.
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JOY FOR CONSUMER
Prices To Break
Soon, Forecast
Of Price Chief
BOSTON UP) Price Stabi
lizer Michael V. Di Salle says
Americans bought S5 billion worth
of nothing in 1950, due to rising
prices but he forecast an early
break in consumer prices.
He said he previously had "felt
that the break in price was still
months away. Now I feel justified
in moving up that schedule."
Di Salle said also his office will
issue in the near future "regula
tion for wholesale and retail food
distributors covering 60 percent
of the items in the average fam
ily s market basket, and we are at
work on a regulation establishing
ceilings for all kinds of manufac
tured products."
In an address before the indus
trial conference board, he said
prices on manufactured goods
will be developed from a pre-Ko-
rean period, with provision for re
flecting increases in manufactur
ing costs since that base period."
Both food and manufacturers
regulations, he said, would pro
vide for rollbacks, and markups
had been "higher than customary
margins."
Di Salle told the non-profit re
search organization for industrial
and economic fact-finding that a
drop in prices would be reflected,
in retail stores in several weeks.
Blast Rips
U.S. National
Bank Floor
PORTLAND (AP) A
blast shattered the base
ment and first floor of the
Citizens branch, U.S. National
bank, on S.E. Grand avenue
at 9:30 a.m. today and at
least eight persons were in
jured. Police said there had been
a smell of gas in the area.
One of the injured was said
to have been badly hurt.
Sixty-three employes were
in the bank at the time, 30
minutes before opening.
The bank is in a two-story
concrete building.
Excavation was under way
in the street at the time.
The street excavation was
part of the city's east side
sewer construction program.
The sidewalk was ripped
up, exposing the bank's rec
ord files in the basement.
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ARMED-FORCES BOUND Pictured above is a c-rouo of 24 men
t0 be inducted into the armed
I board. The men left Tuetday
''Wducted Jnto the army. From
ROSEBURG. OREGON WEDNESDAY,
trolls
Colored Oleo
Bill Signed
By Gov. McKay
People May Vote Is '52
On Sales Or Income Tax,
Or Rejection Of Both
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM UP) Colored oleo.
margarine will go o sale in Ore-
gun in about four months, or 90
days after the legislature goes
home.
Governor Douglas McKay
signed the oleo bill Tuesday in a
brief ceremony in his office.
Looking on were Sen. Thomas R.
Mahoney, author of the bill; Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger, and his
wife, Rep. Maurine Neuberger.
The Neubergers were authors of
the original oleo bill, which was
defeated by the House.
The house tax committee, In an
informal poll, voted 4 to 3 against
a bill to repeal the $30 per child
basic school fund increase which
the people voted last November.
This bill, by Rep. Giles L. French,
Moro, would be referred to the peo
ple. French's bill would wipe out $11,.
000,000 of the $32,000,000 annual
state basic school aid to districts.
Tex Cholc. Up Ts Peopl.
Th. committ. else decided to
draft a bill to put sales 'ax and
income tax proposals on th. 1952
general election ballot.
Whil. th. committe. took no
action on this idea, it Indicated
It favar.d it.
Under th. proposal, th. peo
pl. would b. giv.n choice be
tween e sales tax or higher in
come tax rates. The people could
make their choice, but they also
could rj.ct both plans.
The money that would b.
raised from this idea would b.
used fo financ. th. stat. for th.
period beginning July 1, 1953.
The hot issue of whether to
transfer game law enforcement
from the state police to the Game
commission will come before the
Senate next Monday morning. The
senate game committee recom
mended 3 to 2 that the bill be
passed, but i tmade the effective
date of the measure July 1, 1052.
Truckers Assail Bill
The log truckers made their big
move in the House Tuesday
at'ainst the highway commission's
bill to stiffen penalties for o v e r
loading. Led by Rep. Loran Stewart, Cot
tage Grove lumberman, the truck
ers said they would try to get the
bill sent back to the house high
way committee for amendment.
The amendment they want
would permit heavier loads to be
hauled over certain routes when
the haulers agree to pay for
strengthening such roads.
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forces by the local i3fective service
night for Eugene to be formally
Eugene, they will be shipped fo
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MARCH 21, 1951
Over
New Warning To Russia
American Armed Forces
Doubled In Nine Months,
Marshall Tells Truman
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) President Truman served
notice today that the United States has doubled its armed
forces since the invasion of Korea to resist "still further
Communist attacks against other free nations."
An exchange of telegrams between the President and
Secretary of Defense Marshall disclosed that this country's
unirormea lorces now stand at more than 2,900,000 nine
months after Korean Reds launched their unprovoked attack
Easter Service
At Vets Hospital
Rain Or Shine
Easter sunrise services will be
held at the Veterans hospital on
Sunday morning regardless of the
weather. Arrangements have been
made to hold the services in the
chapel if rain makes the move nec
essary. However, if the weather
continues fair for the remainder
of the week, the services will be
held as planned on the hillside just
south of the main hospital build
ing. The sepulchre has already been
constructed and can be seen from
the main road driving through the
hospital grounds. On Friday the
three crude crosses will be erected
on the crest of the hill in back of
the tomb. For the Sunday morning
service there will be set up the
white cross with the red rose on it
signifying the risen Lord. Benches
will be brought in to accommodate
a large number of those who at
tend, but there will be ample close
parking space for those who want
to listen to the service from their
cars. The services will start at ex
actly 6:30 a. m. ,
Bigamist Must Work
To Support 2 Families
LOS ANGELES UP) Some
men go to jail for bigamy, but Ed
ward Brenult is going to have to
get out and work for the two fam
ilies he acquired.
Superior Judge Thomas L. Am
brose ruled that the 42-year-old
machinist must support and wife
and two children he has in Mo
desto, Calif., and the wife and one
child here, meanwhile remaining
under probation.
Breault voluntarily surrendered
last December, saying his con
science hurt him.
As one condition of probation
the judge directed Breault not to
live with his second wife until No.
1 obtains a final decree of divorce.
No. 2 obtained an interlocutory
decree last Feb. 1 which will not
become final until a year from
that date.
Ft. Lewis, Waih., and then to various train!
represent the total selective service ce
during March. (Picture by Paul Jenkins)
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France
June 25.
Mr. Truman's announcement
was a new warning to Soviet Rus
sia that this country, "in company
with other free nations," Is deter
mined "to establish and maintain
world peace."
"For your information, the
strength we have already attained
a total strength in excess of
2,900,000 was not attained in
World War II until more than 21
months after our build-up started
in June 1940, following the fall of
e ranee, anu more than three
months after Pearl Harbor,"
marsnuii sam.
The President took unusual steps
tn seek world-wide disclosure of
the progress of American defenses,
and the exchange of telegrams was
beamed around the globe by the
Slate's department's "Voice of
America."
Mr. Truman has announced the
goal of 3,500,000 men as soon as
possible after June 30. And h l s
lenders in Congress are making
a last-ditch stand against some at
tempts to place a ceiling of 4,000,
ooo men on the uniformed person
nel. Even more determined resist
a n ce has been decided upon
against any attempt to require con
gressional approval to dispatching
to Europe more than the four divi
sions already promised to General
Eisenhower.
The monthly draft has been run
ning at about 80,000, but has been
reduced to 50,000 for May. Six na
tional guard divisions have been
called into service.
A few days ago, the President
again proclaimed this country's
willingness to participate in a fool
proof disarmament plan involving
inspection by the United Nations
to insure compliance.
At that time, he made it clear
that the atomic bomb can not be
outlawed, or conventional arms
reduced unless Russia agrees to
accept all the necessary safe
guards. As he told a United Na
tions general assembly meeting
last October, "paper promises are
not enough."
Mr. Truman's statement today
was an Invitation to allies of the
Unilcd States to speed up the re
building of their armaments and
their armed forces.
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Ambassador At Manila
Warns Americans To Take
Safety Precautions
MANILA UP) U.S. Amhu.
sador Myron M. Cowen warns
Americans in remote areas to take
precautions for their safety.
nis warning louowed his inves
tigation of the executions Tues
day night of two Americans on
of them from Oregon and an
Australian by Communist-led Huk
hnlahaps 15 miles east of Manila.
An eyewitness told Cowen the
three were bound and shot to death
after 50 Hukbalahaps looted their
dairy farm.
Army patrols directed by De
fense Secretary Magsaysay
clashed today with 50 Huks, re
ported to be the raiding band, The
Huks escaped.
The slain Americans were John
Hardie, a native of Condon, Ore.;
his wife, Irene Wilkins Hardie, re
ported a native of Hilmar, Calif.,
and Australian Donald Capuano,
their farm manager.
Paul Day, a mechanic at the
dairy, said 50 Huks looted the
place, then left a 10-man execu
tion squad which tied their vic
tims' hands, marched them Into
the yard and shot them down with
automatic weapons.
Day said he and 35 Filipino em
ployes were kept under guard
while the Huks looted the place,
then killed the three.
Cowen expressed concern over
the killings. He visited the scene
and calmed the fears of some
Americans who had expressed
doubt the Filipino army could pro
tect them.
Three members of a U. S. topo
graphical survey team were slain
in southern Quezon province Oct.
28.
Retaliations Theorised
Many Americans here contend
the slaying were Huk retaliations
against U. S. arms aid to the
Philippines army.
President Qulrino, told Magsay
say to take personal command of
the search for the slayers.
Hardie was a former U. S. air
force captain. He came here after
the Philippines liberation near the
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Millionaire Field
Freed Of Congress
Contempt Charge
WASHINGTON UP) -Frederick
Vandcrbilt Field, New York
millionaire, was freed today of
contempt of Congress charges.
Federal Judge T. Alan Golds
borough, who presided at Field's
trial without a jury, granted a de
fense motion for acquittal.
The judge held Field was within
his constitutional rights in refusing
to answer questions of a senate
foreign relations subcommittee on
grounds his answers might incrim
inate him.
Field was charged with con
temptuously refusing to answer 32
questions during an investigation
of charges by Senator McCarthy
(R-Wis) what Communists had in
filtrated the State department.
Field, great grandson of Cor
nelius Vandcrbilt, was linked with
communism in testimony from
Louis Budcnz, a former Commun
ist. Judge Goldsborough commented:
"The court is of the opinion that
if the defendant (Field) had an
swered all these 32 questions in the
affirmative in a certain way it
would have taken very little more
evidence to put him in the pen
itentiary." The judge said the ' privilege
against possible self-incrimination,
guaranteed by the constitution
"has to he, treated in a practical
manner, the way the supreme court
has always treated it."
The provision declares that no
person shall be compelled in a
criminal case to be a witness
against himself.
Loggers, Lumbermen
To Hear Price Speaker
Price ceilings, priorities and
other regulations applying to the
lumber industry will be discussed
at a loggers' and lumbermen's
meeting at the Hotel Umpqua
starting at 6:30 tonight.
The dinner meeting, sponsored
by the Western Forest Industries
association, will also consider the
advisability of holding regular
monthly meetings. Highlight of the
gathering will be a talk by guest
speaker Al Henderson of the Of
fice of Price Stabilization.
OREGON HAS 604 DPs
SALEM UP) Oregon has
admitted 604 displaced persons
from overseas, F. L. Ballard,
chairman of the state committee
for displaced persons, reported to
Governor McKay.
The total number admitted to
the United States is 223,000.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein
Paging the "Voice of Ameri
ca": Broadcast to the world that
the United States, now more
than ever, affords an unequalled
opportunity to get rich by any
old type of crime; also for busi
ness skulduggery with a starting
kx from RFC.
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